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Course Description
If a natural disaster was on the way, would you and your family have emergency supplies ready to "grab and go"? Would you be organized to take care of your family needs for at least three days if an emergency happened today?
This class "Organize Your Home and Family for an Emergency and Disaster" will show you the basic information and tips you need to prepare you family and home for emergencies. Stop thinking about gathering supplies and get it done with this easy class so you can have the peace of mind you deserve. Find out that having emergency supplies can be helpful in even for everyday home based emergencies. You can use you supplies and replenish them as you do everyday things and still have what you need in an emergency.
Millions of families never prepare even the most basic supplies for emergencies. Why be caught off guard?
' Organize your emergency kits as you do everyday chores without spending a lot of money
' Create a basic "grab and go" emergency kit for the first three critical days of an emergency
' Understand the types of foods to get organized and consider recipes anyone could prepare
' Get the whole family involved in organizing supplies
Also get: ' web sources to keep you updated with current information
' dozens of emergency kits ideas
' ideas to organize for children, the elderly, and even your pet.
No hard to understand language; just realistic, budget conscious information. You will wonder what took you so long to get organized for safety.
Learning Outcomes
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Create the emergency planning binder.
Describe where to find supplies.
Describe usage of call centers and supply kits.
Summarize water and food ideas.
Organize and store supplies.
Organize to stay in touch, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1. The Emergency Planning Binder
In this first lesson, understand the difference between an emergency and a disaster and why you can't procrastinate getting organized. Create your Emergency Plannning Binder.
Lesson 2: Where to Find Supplies
Finding supplies to store for emergencies doesn't have to be expensive, boring or time-consuming. In fact, this lesson will show you that you probably have most of what you need for emergencies already in your home.
Lesson 3: Call Centers and Supply Kits
Knowing you need emergency supplies and putting them in an easy to grab format are two different things. This lesson looks at emergency call centers and emergency kit preparation.
Lesson 4: Water and Food Ideas
You can't live without water and food. Learn how to find, store and use these vital supplies in an emergency.
Lesson 5: Organize and Store Supplies
After you gather supplies you have to store them. Make sure you can easily get to what you need, select an appropriate container, and consider possible situations you might encounter.
Lesson 6: Organize to Stay In Touch
What happens if you get separated from family members during an emergency or disaster? How will you get back in touch? What additional organizing can you do for special needs such as for the elderly or young children in the home? This lesson will let you
Lesson 7: Additional Considerations and Resources
You will find many benefits to learning how to get organized in your home. This lesson points out some of those benefits and provides suggestions for additional areas of emergency organizing for the home and premises.
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, certification or educational requirements.
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